Relation des rejouissances faites a Dijon pour la naissance de Monseigneur le duc de Bourgogne

Piron, Aimé, 1640-1727 · 1682 · A Dijon : Chez Pierre Palliot, imprimeur du roi, du rever. evesque duc de Langres, des estats, & de la ville, libraire & graveur devant la cour du Palais à la Reine de Paix · 5 pictures

A 1682 festival account printed in Dijon by Pierre Palliot, printer and engraver to the king, describing celebrations held in that city for the birth of the Duke of Burgundy, written by Aimé Piron for a local and royal readership. Its pictures are small woodcut and engraved ornaments: a crowned heraldic cartouche held by two winged figures, a flower urn, a bookplate with eagles, and a decorative initial with a cherub, offering designers period vignettes, heraldic framing, and ornament ideas.

Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France, 1682-1712 -- Birth · Festivals -- France -- Dijon -- Early works to 1800 · Rites and ceremonies -- France -- Dijon -- Early works to 1800 · Dijon (France) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century

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